After Becoming the Jilted Cannon Fodder

Mo Yuekun dies suddenly after staying up all night and transmigrates into a novel about a scheming, sweet-talking heroine. The heroine climbs her way to the top by using men, eventually becoming the mother of the empire. He is her first stepping stone, a cannon-fodder character with a tragic ending.

After using him to earn her first fortune, the heroine breaks off their engagement in a very public way. He turns his love into hatred, and when he can't have her, he decides to ruin her. He sets a trap to violate her, but the second male supporting character sees through it, ending his chances of taking the imperial examinations and entering officialdom.

And his mother is determined to take her own life because his faithless father wants to legitimize his third son and has thrown down a letter of divorce.

Mo Yuekun arrives. The heroine breaks off their engagement... Great! One day, she'll be out of his league.

His scumbag father has an affair while married... In plain clothes, Mo Yuekun kneels outside the prefectural yamen and beats the grievance drum, demanding justice.

He builds a fortune through food. The prefect begs to marry his mother, the irresistible heroine wants him back, and love letters arrive like snowflakes.

The road to the imperial examinations is long, but he rises from the mud and reaches for the sun, climbing to the top.

He does countless things to benefit the people and rises to the highest rank in the government. Knowing that he has threatened the interests of powerful men, he fears his beloved wife and children may be caught in the fallout...

#Day after day with you, may the land be peaceful and the orchids bloom#

Content warning: Fictional setting, with the imperial examination system modeled on the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Theme: Love conquers all, and we carry the past forward.